Ebook {Epub PDF} Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. Publication Date: April 1, ; Paperback: pages; Publisher: Harper Perennial; ISBN ; ISBN Alas, Babylon is a novel by Pat Frank that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of Alas, Babylon, scene by scene break-downs, and more. Alas, Babylon was one of the more perplexing literary experiences I’ve had this year. Written by Pat Frank, it’s the story of Randy Bragg and a small Florida town, Fort Repose, after America and the Soviet Union declare war in the late s/5.

"Pat Frank" was the lifelong nickname adopted by the American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant, who was born Harry Hart Frank (), and who is remembered today almost exclusively for his post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon. Eder, Bruce. "Pat Frank Full Biography." www.doorway.ru, Web. Federal Government of the United States. "Operation Upshot-Knothole - Badger ". Alas Babylon, by Pat Frank. The threat of nuclear warfare has been a fear tactic used multiple times to settle issues between countries. In Pat Frank's Alas Babylon, Frank focuses on Fort Repose, a small community in rural Florida. Frank centers the time frame on the height of the Cold War between Soviet Russia and the United States.

ALAS, BABYLON Pat Frank. In Fort Repose, a river town in Central Florida, it was said that sending a message by Western Union was the same as broadcasting it over. Alas, Babylon. At the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Mark Bragg, an officer in the Air Force, warns his brother Randy that nuclear war is imminent. Mark, who lives in Omaha, sends his wife, Helen, and his children, Ben Franklin and Peyton, to live with Randy in the isolated Florida town of Fort Repose. Alas, Babylon: Directed by Robert Stevens. With Dana Andrews, Robert Crawford Jr., Judith Evelyn, Gina Gillespie. Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.